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Caribbean and Florida cargo operations hit by Hurricane Irma
Air cargo operations in the Caribbean are facing major restrictions as the devastating Hurricane Irma wreaks havoc across the region, while preparations are being made for when the storm hits Florida.The category five hurricane, which is the highest possible rating, has left at least nine people dead and is reported ...
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Freighters World Conference adds new speakers to the line-up
New speakers have been added to the Freighters World Conference line-up, while all entries for the gala awards ceremony are now in.This year’s Freighters World Conference and Awards event takes place in Chicago at the InterContinental Hotel from September 26-27, with a welcome reception the evening before the event starts.The ...
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New York JFK animal centre welcomes first import horse guests
The $65m ARK animal centre at New York JFK Airport has welcomed its first horse imports as phase two of the facility gets underway.Last Friday, ARK's Equine Import Quarantine centre welcomed three Irish sport horses named Sandy, Jackson and Polly, also known as three shades of grey, for their their ...
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Boeing raises Chinese new aircraft forecast
Boeing has increased its forecast for the number of new aircraft that China will need over the next 20 years.The airframer has predicted that in total, China will need 7,240 new aircraft to be delivered by 2036 if it is to meet demand growth projections. This is a 6.3% increase ...
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Expeditors launches new cargo tracking company
Freight forwarder Expeditors has launched a new cargo tracking company that will offer its services to customers moving cargo using other companies.The US forwarder said that Cargo Signal would offer its suite of sensor-based logistics tracking services on shipments move by both Expeditors and other carriers.These digital services are run ...
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Qatar Airways outlines its cargo response to air space "blockade"
Qatar Airways, facing an air space embargo by its Middle East neighbours since June this year, chartered in extra freighters and increased its own maindeck capacity on key trade lanes to maintain urgently needed food supplies and traditional cargo flows.Despite a 160% rise in cargo volumes at its Doha home ...
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Air cargo up 11% in July, but signs that growth may have peaked
Air cargo traffic increased again in July, compared with a year earlier, but airline organisation IATA has warned that there are a growing number of signs that improvements may have peaked.In total, air cargo traffic in freight tonne km terms increased by 11.4% year on year in July, while supply ...
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WFS sees US demand soar on new airline wins and CAS acquisition
Ground handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) saw volumes across its 60 US cargo locations increase by 17% year on year during the first seven months of 2017.The ground handler has won 37 new airline contracts during the period as well as 10 contract renewals from existing customers.These agreements included contracts ...
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Ethiopia's airline and airports merge to form single aviation group
Ethiopian Airlines Group has merged with Ethiopian Airports Enterprise (EAE) to form the African country's new Aviation Holding Group.The consolidation, which follows regulation approved by Ethiopia's Council of Ministers on July 14 this year, sees the formation of a new holding group comprising EAE, Passenger Airline, Cargo Airline & Logistics ...
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AirBridgeCargo gets Envirotainer's seal of approval for pharma operation
AirBridgeCargo’s (ABC) has achieved Envirotainer’s quality accreditation at its global hub at Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport and in Dallas as part of its push into pharma.Envirotainer, which provides active cool containers, created its Qualified Envirotainer Provider Training and Quality Programme (QEP) to recognise transport service providers which demonstrate their ability to ...
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NewsTransatlantic rates on the up while Asia lanes continue to improve
Airfreight prices on the transatlantic trade lane returned to growth in August, while major Asian trades continued to report improvements.The latest figures from TAC Index show that average prices on services from Frankfurt to North America increased by 11.1% year on year in August to reach $2.31 per kg.The improvement ...
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Kerry Logistics appoints Trench for UK F&B business
Kerry Logistics has appointed Claire Trench as head of food and beverage (F&B), based at its Glasgow, Scotland office in the UK.Trench has over 17 years’ experience in forwarding, most recently in senior management positions working with leading brands in the beers, wines, and spirits industry.In her new role, she ...
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Converted B747-400 fights Californian forest fire
Global SuperTanker, a B747-400 aircraft converted to carry fire retardant, has been activated to fight a quickly-spreading blaze in Northern California.The world’s newest and largest aerial firefighting tanker went into action after the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) exercised its call-when-needed contract with the SuperTanker to ...
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Time critical firm GBA expands into Germany
Time-critical logistics firm GBA Services has continued with its European expansion, adding a operations covering the German market.The company, which is already present in the UK, Poland and Austria, will add a new office in Bremen from where it will provide the full portfolio of GBA’s services – including time-critical, ...
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Air cargo continues to grow in July, but China weakens
The latest demand statistics from WorldACD show that air cargo volumes continued on an upward trajectory in July, but also a weakening of growth originating from China.The analyst's monthly figures show that air cargo volumes increased by 11.8% year on year in July, thanks to a 14.2% improvement from origin ...
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Cargo operations slowly start to resume at Houston airports
United Cargo will today resume cargo operations at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) as flights start to get underway following the devastating effects of Hurricane Harvey.In an operational update, United Cargo said that IAH had re-opened and a limited number of flights were taking place to other US cities.In total, ...
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C.H. Robinson swoops on Milgram as forwarder M&A activity continues
Freight forwarder C.H. Robinson has expanded its network in Canada through the purchase of Milgram & Company for $50m in cash.Montreal-headquartered Milgram provides freight forwarding, customs brokerage, surface transportation and warehousing in Canada to 3,500 active customers. The company employees 330 people and has six offices in Canada and a ...
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Mühlenkamp takes over as director of operations at Jettainer
ULD outsourced management and maintenance company Jettainer has appointed Frank Mühlenkamp as its new director of operations, responsible for around 90,000 containers and pallets worldwide.Mühlenkamp launched his career at the ground operations department at the Lufthansa hub in Frankfurt. After spending two years at Augsburg Airways, he returned to the ...
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CHAMP introduces ‘Flight View’ to Traxon CDMP
Airfreight IT supplier CHAMP Cargosystems has introduced a ‘Flight View’ feature to its Traxon CDMP management solution, enabling airlines to view and monitor all shipments related to a particular flight.The new feature allows stations to group their to-do lists by flight, showing all action items across all shipments on a ...
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Panalpina resumes operations in Houston
Panalpina's US business unit in Houston will resume operations today Thursday at 8:00 am local time, the Switzerland-based global forwarder has confirmed.A number of US airports have closed temporarily and logistics operations disrupted by the catastrophic flooding that followed Hurricane/Tropical Storm Harvey after it swept across Texas.Said Panalpina: "Our facilities ...